"Sidama" redirects here. For related topics, see Sidamo.
Sidama
Sidama people celebrating Fichchee New Year in Gudumale, Hawassa, 2013
Total population
2,966,474 (2007 census)[1]
Regions with significant populations
Ethiopia
Languages
Sidamu Afoo
Religion
Protestant Christianity, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo,
Islam
Related ethnic groups
Halaba, Kebena, Oromo, other Cushitic peoples
The Sidama (Amharic: ሲዳማ) are an ethnic group traditionally inhabiting the Sidama Region, formerly part of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. On 23 November 2019, the Sidama Zone became the 10th regional state in Ethiopia after a zone-wide referendum. They speak the Sidama language, which is a language of the Cushitic branch of the Afroasiatic language family. Despite their large numbers, the Sidama lacked a separate ethnic regional state until continuous protests resulted in the proposal being voted on in a November 2019 referendum.[2]
^"Census 2007", first draft, Table 5.
^Allen, Lovaise (22 June 2011). The Politics of Ethnicity in Ethiopia. BRILL. p. 154. ISBN 978-9004207295. Retrieved 8 December 2016.
of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region of Ethiopia. On 23 November 2019, the Sidama Zone became the 10th regional state in Ethiopia...
regional state in the country, after Harari. Sidama is the name of both the Sidamapeople and Sidama territory. Sidama is bordered to the south by the Oromia...
Pokou's niece who succeeded her to the throne. Famata Bendu, queen of the Vai people (reigned ?–1892) Mali Empire Kassi (reigned ?–1352/1353), co-ruler with...
The Sidama National Liberation Front, also known as Sidama Liberation Front or Sidama Liberation Movement[citation needed] (abbreviated SNLF or SLF) is...
religion (Nuer people of South Sudan) Maasai religion (Maasai people of Kenya) Sidama mythology (Sidamapeople of Ethiopia) Waaqeffanna (Oromo people of Ethiopia...
occupational segregation and caste-based endogamy practiced by the Ari people, have been revealed by advances in archaeogenetics to be among the oldest...
and 75 km (47 mi) north of Dilla. The town serves as the capital of the Sidama Region. It lies on the Trans-African Highway 4 Cairo-Cape Town and has a...
The belief in spirit possession is part of the native culture of the Sidamapeople of southwest Ethiopia. Anthropologists Irene and John Hamer postulated...
Kingdom of Damot, and that she was related to one of the indigenous Sidamapeople of southern Ethiopia. Modern historian Enrico Cerulli discovered Arabic...
Tigray Independence Party Sidama Proposed: Self-determination and/or autonomy for the Sidamapeople Militant organization: Sidama National Liberation Front...
agricultural economy is based on cultivating ensete, as is their neighbors the Sidamapeople, whose language is closely related to theirs. From a geopolitical point...
Retrieved 2015-12-23. "Fichee-Chambalaalla, New Year festival of the Sidamapeople". unesco.org. Retrieved 2015-12-23. "Gada system, an indigenous democratic...
after its ruling dynasty, was an Oromo-Sidama kingdom in the Horn of Africa. Established by the Sidamapeople, it was situated on the periphery of the...
the southern part of Oromia, neighbouring the Borana Guttuu and the Sidamapeople. Hokkuu Kabalah Uragaa The Borana Oromo, also known as Boraan Guttuu...
decreased in the following centuries. Clans of Hadiya origin in Oromia, Sidama, Wolayta, Gurage, Tigray (Rayyaa, Azaaboo, and Ashaange), and Afar were...
(Somali: Madhibaan), also known as Gaboye, are an artisanal caste among Somali people. They have been endogamous, and their traditional hereditary occupation...
and Adal and the Afars. In the central and south were found the ancient Sidama and Semitic Gurage, among others. One of the first kingdoms to rise to power...
2019. The creation of such a region is a long-standing claim of the Sidamapeople. The management of the referendum and its likely centrifugal consequences...
she was born around the fourteenth or fifteenth century in Sidama. She was of the Sidamapeople, but there is no agreement on her clan. It has been suggested...
emasculator queen's story to be empowering. Furra, a similar queen of the Sidamapeople Gudit, a warrior queen of the Kingdom of Aksum Mukhtar, Mohamed. Historical...
Tomal, also known as Tumal or Tumaal, is an artisanal caste among Somali people. Their traditional hereditary occupation has been as smiths and leather...
claim their forefathers were Harari however they later became influenced by Sidama. Moreover, the Habar Habusheed, a major branch of the Somali Isaaq clan...
Tucci had penetrated into the region, sparking a revolt by the local Sidamapeople; Irgalem fell to the Italians on 1 December, and Ras Desta and Dejazmach...
was held in the Sidama Zone of the Southern Nations, Nationalities, and Peoples' Region, in which voters supported a proposal for Sidama Zone to become...
on 2nd anniversary of the region. Central Sidama Zone Eastern Sidama Zone Northern Sidama Zone Southern Sidama Zone Sitti Zone Fafan Zone Jarar Zone Erer...
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